Forest plunder may spell disaster for Sikkim

  • 03/10/2000

Plundering of forest resources of one of the world's highest bio-diversity reserves along th eporous Indo-Nepalese border has become rampant. Concerned over the unchecked plunder of forest wealth and lack of vigilance along the border, stretching from the Singalila range between Sikkim-Nepal and neighbouring Darjeeling hills, local non-governmental organisations are planning to form pressure groups to campaign against the ongoing destruction.